A Movietone News newsreel story about the premiere of the Oscar-winning In Old Chicago (Henry King, USA, 1937) at the Regent Theatre in Sydney on 21 May 1938.

The Minerva Theatre on Orwell St, Kings Cross in Sydney, after it opened in May 1939.

Douglas Fairbanks Jnr and Katharine Hepburn in a still from the film Morning Glory (USA, Lowell Sherman, 1933).

Joan Crawford in a still from Dancing Lady (USA, Robert Z Leonard, 1933). From the Taussig film stills collection.

The 'Berlei controllette [corset] no. 6181 SBW (short below waist) type'. The design is particularly beautiful and has echoes of art deco in the triangular shapes and filigree font.

This beautiful design has echoes of art deco.

This slide is another used in the educational training series for Berlei fitters. It compares the tight-laced corsets of the early 1900s with the modern foundation garments of the 1930s.

One of the great things about using real women as models is that the women aren't trained in how to stand and pose like other models.

Two women in white lab coats measure a woman for her foundation garment in a clinical-looking setting complete with scales.

Berlei have always catered for different shapes and sizes of women.